The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission has hinted at plans to review the salaries of political office holders in Nigeria, describing current earnings as inadequate, unrealistic, and outdated in the face of rising responsibilities and economic challenges.

At a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, RMAFC Chairman, Mohammed Shehu, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu presently earns N1.5m monthly, while ministers receive less than N1m — figures that have remained unchanged since 2008.

“You are paying the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria N1.5m a month, with a population of over 200 million people. Everybody believes that it is a joke,” Shehu said.

He added, “You cannot pay a minister less than N1m per month since 2008 and expect him to put in his best without necessarily being involved in some other things. You pay either a CBN governor or the DG ten times more than you pay the President.

That is just not right. Or you pay him [the head of an agency] twenty times higher than the Attorney-General of the Federation. That is absolutely not right.”

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has immortalised his late mother, Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji, with the commissioning of a 40,000 cubic metre Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier named MT Iyaloja (Lagos) in Ulsan, South Korea.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) management on Monday.

The vessel, owned by WAGL Energy Limited, a joint venture between NNPC Limited and Sahara Group, is a dual-fuel, fully refrigerated LPG carrier.

Its addition brings WAGL’s fleet capacity to 162,000 CBM, including MT Africa Gas, MT Sahara Gas, MT BaruMK and MT Sapet.

At the ceremony, Tinubu, represented by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, commended NNPC Ltd. and Sahara Group for their role in deepening Africa’s participation in the global clean energy value chain.

In his remarks, Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of NNPC Ltd., Bashir Ojulari, described WAGL’s LPG Vessel as a great addition to gas development efforts in Nigeria.

The GCEO, who was represented by the Executive Vice President, Gas, Power & New Energy, Olalekan Ogunleye, added that the vessel will be crucial in realising the impact of gas in Nigeria’s economic development.

(The Sun)

•Alhaji Ahmed Momohsani Ododo

The father of Kogi State Government, Alhaji Ahmed Momohsani Ododo, is dead, aged 83.

A statement by Kingsley Femi Fanwo, Commissioner for Information and Communications, last night, reads:

“The Kogi State Government regrets to announce the passing of the father of the Executive Governor of Kogi State, Late Alhaji Ahmed Momohsani Ododo, who returned to his Creator a few hours ago at the age of 83.

“His Janazah (funeral) will be conducted and he will be laid to rest in accordance with Islamic rites.

“We pray to Allah (SWT) to forgive his shortcomings, accept his good deeds, and grant him Al-Jannah Firdaus.

We also pray that Almighty Allah grants the Governor, his family, and the entire Ododo family the strength to bear this great loss with fortitude.”